Our work has focused on school system outcomes, higher education, education technology, and youth unemployment.
OVERALL IMPACT
countries touched by our education work
78
children in schools where our work has had impact
164M
We have helped shape the global discussion about education and worked with institutions, governments, and partners to improve educational outcomes in many ways.
10 years in education: A progress report
Transforming school systems
Our breakthrough research on the world’s most improved school systems drives our programmatic work with clients across six continents.
Asia
Middle East
Latin America
A high-performing (versus low-performing) teacher can increase student outcomes by 53 percentage points in 3 years.
OUR IMPACT
pre-school enrollment achieved
(up from 65%) in 3 years
85%
more children attending K–8
in one country within first
18 months
1M
improvement
in one country’s literacy rates within first
2 years
75%
Strengthening higher education
In response to rising costs and declining public support for higher education, we have worked with clients to develop more sustainable instruction models.
challenge
public research university
state-university
system
an urban public university
In the United States between 2009–14,
public spending on higher education dropped while 4-year university tuition increased.
OUR IMPACT
research partnership secured
reduction
in annual operating costs identified
in annual operating savings, while reducing risk
$300M
$200–
350M
$115–
125M
Leveraging education technology
Technology is spurring alternate models of education and personalized learning. We’re helping clients use technology to increase access, improve quality and reduce costs—while avoiding strategic pitfalls.
US school
districts
Middle Eastern country
US university system
Public schools that implemented blended learning improved student performance on average 8–11 percentage points in math and reading.
OUR IMPACT
K–12 students can access personalized online learning within 2 years;
on track to reach 250K students within 5 years
young adults receive job readiness training through new online learning platform
new students enrolled by designing and launching an online platform across 60 campuses
25K
100K
500K
Tackling youth unemployment
75 million youth are unemployed worldwide and unemployment rates are up to 25% in some regions, and yet more than one-third of employers say they face serious skills shortages.
Middle East
Middle Eastern country
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Our Education-to-Employment research and work laid the foundation for Generation, a nonprofit we created to tackle global youth unemployment.
OUR IMPACT
technical and vocational institutions established across the region
trainings on track for 2020
40+
1M
